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I'm searching a book which contains well commented games. I don't like books with little comments every 20 moves or full of endless no-sense computer lines. I prefer a book with clear comments (words!) and with plans described for each side (espacially in the opening, where most author just write "in this position x is more played" but don't explain why).

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Look at "Logical Chess Move by Move" by Chernev and "Understanding Chess Move bvy Move" by Nunn.

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I already have Nunn's book and I think I'll take Logical Chess Move by Move, but I need another book of commented games. i'm interested on biographies of each WC and other strong players

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Yes : the book "Why Lasker Matters" by Andrew Soltis ( and I quote ) : reveals for the first time the winning formula behind Lasker's phenomenal achievements.

With over 100 annotated games he analyses the tricks, traps and techniques behind Lasker's winning moves and makes Lasker's methods accessible to today's players.    Unquote.

The book : is by Batsford, London, 2005, ISBN 0 7134 8983 9 , 320 pages, when necessary see www.schaakboek.nl for info.

I think the book meets your requirements ! 

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I like Nunn & Griffiths "Secrets of Grandmaster Play".  24 of Nunn's game deeply explained.  There are used copies on Amazon for under $5.00.  You will love this book.

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What do you think about "my great predecessors"? I downloaded a pdf of teh book to see if it's worth buying, but the analysis don't seem much valuable. Most comments are only endless variation with very little explanation or no explanation at all

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While all the series by Kasparov are excellent books, they are not that type you are looking for. Kasparov just loves long variations.

I may recommend about champions: Anand Life and Games (together with Nunn); Kramnik My life and games (though many games are without commentaries); Seirawan Chess Duels (his games against world champions, a very entertaining book).

More commented games with less variations - N.McDonald books (e.g. The art of planning in chess). They are similar to Chernev or Nunn move by move.

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Problem is that he gives long variations, but little explanation: I tried comparing Kasparov's comment of the ending o Lasker, Capa and Rubinstein with Silman's comments in his books: while Silman's comments are clear and enjoying, Kasparov's comment are just "king e4 (long variation) would have won)

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Dan Heisman has book recommendations on his site:

http://danheisman.home.comcast.net/~danheisman/Events_Books/General_Book_Guide.htm#anthologies

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I think that you could like Lessons with a Grandmaster by Boris Gulko, I read 4 chapters and the games were very good explained.

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I'm reading Reti's "Master of the Chessboard" now and so far it looks like one of the most entertaining books I've been reading. It's mostly collection of games, sorted by players in somewhat chronological order (from Anderssen to the masters of Reti's time), with a little background information on every player. Don't know if there is algebraic edition though.

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I'll second the Reti's Masters of the Chessboard recommendation.

This old gem gives an overview of what chess was before the computer age. Very strong games by very strong players, but still easily understandable for amateurs, thanks to Reti's excellent explanations.

I discovered this book when I was a student and it made me love chess Smile

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I've recently been enjoying, ' The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games' by Graham Burgess and John Nunn. It has 125 brilliant games ranging from masters such as Capablanca, Botvinnik, Spassky and Fischer and more modern masters such as Carlsen, Kramnik, Kasparov and Anand. I'm reading it mainly for enjoyment but I'm finding the annotations excellent.

 

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hicetnunc ha scritto:

I'll second the Reti's Masters of the Chessboard recommendation.

This old gem gives an overview of what chess was before the computer age. Very strong games by very strong players, but still easily understandable for amateurs, thanks to Reti's excellent explanations.

I discovered this book when I was a student and it made me love chess

Thanks for the suggestion, I also ask for informations on this book on the forum. I think this will be the next book I'll take. I took Logical Chess and another book, so I have to finish them before taking other books.

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Thought_dancer ha scritto:

Karpov's "My Best Games" is good... The variations offered are targeted for the Candiate and Master level... All of Botvinnick's books are well written with rich analysis... "My 60 Memorial Games" by Bobby Fisher makes you wish Bobby had written more Theory... "My Fifty Years of Chess" by Frank Marshall is not only witty but offer some great insight to one of America's best... Ivan Sokolov's game book is a great piece with strong focus on tactics ( a must for any QP player)... 

 

Paul Kere's three volume set is worthy on any shelf... If you are lucky enogh to get your hands on any of Boris Spassky's writtings he is very good, another pity, in that he was somewhat a lazy about writting and chastised more than once by Mischa (Botvinnick) about it...

 

I could go on...

I took a look at some of these and they seem very good. I want to study every game collection of every WC in order

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RomyGer wrote:

Yes : the book "Why Lasker Matters" by Andrew Soltis ( and I quote ) : reveals for the first time the winning formula behind Lasker's phenomenal achievements.

With over 100 annotated games he analyses the tricks, traps and techniques behind Lasker's winning moves and makes Lasker's methods accessible to today's players.    Unquote.

The book : is by Batsford, London, 2005, ISBN 0 7134 8983 9 , 320 pages, when necessary see www.schaakboek.nl for info.

I think the book meets your requirements ! 

I just took a "look inside" on Amazon and the annotations don't appear to be any more detailed or in depth than most annotated games books. At least, it does not have the same degree of move-by-move explanation that Logical Chess has.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Why-Lasker-Matters-Andy-Soltis/dp/0713489839

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The Inmortal Games of Capablanca by Fred Reinfeld, the only problem is that it´s on descriptive. I don´t know if there´s an algebraic edition, I didn´t find it when I bought the book.

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Just started reading "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" by David Bronstein and Tom Forstenberg. Bronstein goes over his games pretty well in most of the sections.

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"The Most Instructive Games of  Chess Ever Played" by Irving Chernev.

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I've looked at some of your live games.  I may be wrong but I believe the books recommened here will be above your level.  You hang pieces in your games.  A very good game collection is "A First Book Of Morphy".  The author lays out the principles of the game.  And of course Morphy was a pretty fair player.  If you think I'm wrong, feel free to tell me.